Queen of joy and dimpled pleasure (John Danby)

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Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2022-02-07).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 75 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA
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General Information

Title: Queen of joy and dimpled pleasure
Composer: John Danby
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: ATTB
Genre: SecularGlee

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1796
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Original text and translations

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Queen of joy and dimpled pleasure,
Thou, whose looks delightful charm;
Leader of each sprightly measure,
Raising mirth's emotions warm;

Around thy form the frisking sports
In antic gesture wildly move;
Within thy loud rebounding courts,
The noisy sons of revel rove.